Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

A Thank You to a Minnesota Officer from World War II

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/16May24-Norwegian-WW-II-Battalion-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every May 8th, a wreath is laid on the grave of this Lt. Coronel at Arlington National Cemetery.  It’s a…

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Troops That Could Blend In

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/15May24-Norwegian-WW-II-Battalion-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When World War II began, the U.S. military began to recruit troops for special missions they believed might be necessarily…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Newberry Volcano Monument

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/14May24-Newberry-Volcano-Monument-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In central Oregon you’ll find a cave tour that is quite popular.  In fact, you’ll most likely need a reservation…

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A Vast Volcanic Field

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/13May24-Newberry-Volcano-Monument-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)South of Bend, Oregon you’ll find a vast volcanic field.  It’s a place with a wide variety of geological features…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Stand By Me

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/10May14-Stand-By-Me.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The movie Stand By Me is considered a classic by many. It’s a film that is still quite popular with…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

The Oregon Trail Wagon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/09May14-Oregon-Trail-Wagon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thousands of people traveled the Oregon Trail as pioneers headed west and almost all of them made the trip in…

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Climbing Mount Hood

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/08May14-Mount-Hood-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Very few people climb Mt. Everest, but there’s just something about the experience of climbing a really tall mountain.  Perhaps…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Getting Around the Place

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/07May14-Mount-Hood-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early days, many people were simply trying to get around this place.  Then after the years passed, some…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

The Barlow Road

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/06May14-Barlow-Road.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This road wasn’t necessarily a short cut.  In terms of miles traveled it was a longer route.  However, it soon…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Government Camp, Oregon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/03May14-Government-Camp-Oregon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes a trip becomes a real haul because of all the stuff you are carrying with you.  That was the…

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Posted in American Countryside Texas

The Spindletop Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/02May14-Spindletop-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this area struck it rich, the town was growing so quickly, they were renting the barber chairs as a…

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Posted in American Countryside Texas

The Big Gusher Suprise

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/01May14-Spindletop-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There just had to be oil under this hill, but no one could seem to drill down to it.  After…

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Posted in American Countryside New Mexico

The Museum with the Mine Under Its Floor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/30Apr24-Uranium-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a museum with its mine underneath the floor – an unusual, but effective idea on promoting the industry that…

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Posted in American Countryside New Mexico

A Different Mineral

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/29Apr24-Uranium-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many mining booms begin quite by chance.  That was the case about 100 miles west of Albuquerque.  However, the mineral…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

The Cray Supercomputer

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/26Apr24-Cray-Supercomputer.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been dubbed the world’s most expensive love seat.  It’s true you can sit on it, but with an $8…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

Darly Fire Trucks

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/25Apr24-Darly-Fire-Trucks.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)My father-in-law has been a volunteer fire fighter for many years.  His small town does what it can with a…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

Mason Shoes

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/24Apr24-Mason-Shoes.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today most of us don’t think much about buying a pair of shoes.  There are many places you can shop…

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Leinenkugel’s

Podcast: Download ()It is definitely one of the longer names in the beer brewing industry and has and equally long lineage of production to boot. …

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Leaving a Favorable Impression

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/22Apr24-Brookfield-John-WIlkes-Booth-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Everyone knows John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of President Lincoln.  However, before his deadly deed in April 1865, he…

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Posted in American Countryside New Mexico

The El Rancho Hotel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/18Apr24-El-Rancho-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The movie stars are gone, but the legends still abound, including the story one celebrity who rode his horse into…

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